It is always very difficult for linux newbies to use and adapt to linux operating systems. Being easy enough for linux newbies is a major test for every linux OS, and almost all OSes fail in it. I would suggest following improvements which should make the lives of Puppy linux users easy-
1. Desktop drive icons: They should show volume labels along with drive numbers.
2. Grub bootloader config: It should have ability to detect existing operating systems and generate appropriate configurations to boot them. (I think the easiest way to do that is to read existing bootloader config files, or better still edit existing bootloader.)
3. Lucid Puppy menus: Pupdial and Roaring Penguin icons are missing by default. It would be very convenient if they were present, as in Puppy 4.
4. Power buttons: Puppy should be able to shutdown by pressing power button on computer case, like Windows and a few other linux distributions.
5. Power management: It could be better if Puppy could support standby and hibernate modes. Major linux distributions like Ubuntu support it.
6. Window management: Puppy could have a better window manager like Openbox.
7. Packages : All puppies of same major version (e.g. 4.x, 5.x, ...) should have packages and kernels of same versions. This will improve compatibility.
8. Desktop drive icons: These could be locked, so users cannot accidentally delete it and then keep wondering how it disappeared (This mistake is often done by me, so I know it.)Last edited by akash_rawal on Tue 29 Mar 2011, 02:51; edited 1 time in total

1. Dunno
2.Thats a tough egg.. ubuntu often doesn't even do that well.
Nowdays theres lilo grub grub2 windows that would need to be supported at least. windows ammounts to chainloading so it is easy.
Linux boot loaders aren't quite as easy as you would acutally have to parse their config files.....in fact it may even be desirable to have a dedicated boot partition if you try out lots of OSes so you can keep the same grub all the time.
3. sounds like a simple oversight to me._________________Taking Puppy Linux to the limit of perfection. meanwhile try "puppy pfix=duct_tape" kernel parem eater.
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It is always very difficult for linux newbies to use and adapt to linux operating systems. Being easy enough for linux newbies is a major test for every linux OS, and almost all OSes fail in it. I would suggest following improvements which should make the lives of linux users easy

I am sort of an forever newbie in that I even fail to get what a volume label is?

I have frugally installed some 75 different Linux distros and will try out the Latest SuperOS today in frugal install.

I am sure of that I have no idea what a volume label is.

And not even recognixe one unless you pointed it out to me.

You expect much of us newbies

I agree that it would be cool if the install could make educated considerations of already installed OS and suggest what would be the best way to dual boot or trippel or quad or to boot then in a certain order.

To many OS think them should be the sole OS on that computer.

Even Linux guys get very surprised that one want to dual boot.

Wipe it all clean they say and refuse to talk to the dual booter. _________________I use Google Search on Puppy Forum
not an ideal solution though

Volume label is a name that can be given to a partition of a drive.
Microsoft Windows displays volume labels by default in Windows Explorer along with drive letters.
In Puppy also you can see volume labels in GParted (Menu>System>GParted partition manager). It will show them against each partition in "Label" column.

Honestly, I don't know which devices do /dev/loop0 and /dev/loop3 point to. Probably they point to your personal save file and main sfs file.
/dev/sda1, /dev/sdb1 and /dev/sdc1 point to your two flash drives and an MP3 player (maybe not respectively). They all have fat16 or fat32 filesystem.

Well, this discussion is about making Puppy use the volume label to identify your disks. Only two of yours have a label: "CORSAIR" and "KINGSTON"._________________DEATH TO SPREADSHEETS
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I think it will be more useful if we discuss how to implement them.
Now I have no time.
I will start implementing them at April 2011 onwards.Last edited by akash_rawal on Sat 20 Nov 2010, 11:01; edited 1 time in total

After that right-click on a drive icon, select "Run Desktop Drive Icon Manager" and then in "desktop icons" tab click "Tick box to erase then redraw and realign existing icons" and then click OK button.

Then restart X for changes to take effect.
And this works very well on puppy 430.
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